But maybe we’ve been doing our Declarations wrong. Are we putting the cart before the horse? The DoI announced the beginning of the United States as an entity, but it didn’t settle the matter. It took an ugly, bloody revolution to do that.

Maybe what we need is a declaration of radical uncertainty–meaning that we don’t really know for sure what’s going on and that we can’t reliably say what’s going to happen next.

Let’s establish clarity around a few key facts we know for sure

Let’s encourage skepticism towards grand sweeping narratives. Let’s work towards practical narratives that are lean and adaptable. (and can be acted on immediately – things that move us incrementally toward a better society. “The arc of the moral universe is a long one, but it bends towards justice.” – Theodore Parker)

Let’s be wary of ideologies. Maybe they were always on the dangerous side, but in the age of social media they seem to all become toxic.

Universal Basic Happiness, Part 1 Last Weekend, Robin Hanson stirred things up by inquiring why the people concerned about income inequality aren’t worried about other forms of inequality: Those w/ less access to sex plausibly […]